R.I.P. Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young, guitarist and founding member of AC/DC, has died at the age of 64. Malcolm was forced to retire from performing in 2014 due to dementia.
R.I.P. Fred Cole of Dead Moon
We are very sad to hear that Fred Cole has died at the age of 69. Fred, with his long-time wife Toody, made some great rock & roll under various names, most notably Dead Moon.
R.I.P. Fats Domino
We lost one of the greats…Rock & Roll pioneer Fats Domino has died at the age of 89
R.I.P. Tom Petty
We’re very sad to report that Tom petty has died at age 66 due to a heart attack. Petty, along with his band, The Heartbreakers, made some of the best records of the past 40 years. His dedication to the spirit of rock & roll is undeniable.
R.I.P. Charles Bradley
Daptone recording artist Charles Bradley has died at age 68. Bradley worked in obscurity for years, often performing as a James Brown impersonator, before being discovered and nurtured by Daptone Records, home to other late-blooming soul singers such as Sharon Jones and Lee Fields. Bradley was also the subject of the 2012 documentary Soul Of […]
R.I.P. Grant Hart of Husker Du
Husker Du drummer, vocalist and songwriter Grant Hart has died at age 56 due to liver cancer. The St Paul, Minnesota-based trio was part of a music scene in the 1980s that also spawned The Replacements and Soul Asylum.
R.I.P. Celia Patel aka Mancini of King Loser
We are very sad to report that Celia Patel aka Celia Mancini, of King Loser, has passed away. Celia played bass and keyboards and sang with the band along with guitarists Chris Heazlewood and Sean O’Reilly and drummer Lance Strickland aka Tribal Thunder.
R.I.P. Holger Czukay of Can
Holger Czukay has passed away at age 79. Czukay co-founded the pioneering and highly influential band Can in 1968 playing bass along with tape loops and sound effects. Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit died earlier this year.
R.I.P. Steely Dan’s Walter Becker
Walter Becker, who co-founded Steely Dan with Donald Fagen, has died at age 67. The two met in 1967 and formed Steely Dan in 1971. Although other band members came and went, Becker and Fagen remained the constant creative forces within the group. Their last album together was 2003’s Everything Must Go.
RIP: Goldy McJohn (Steppenwolf)
Goldy McJohn, the original keyboard player with Steppenwolf, has died at age 72 of a heart attack.
R.I.P. Gregg Allman
Gregg Allman has died at the age of 69. Gregg, along with his older brother Duane Allman, founded The Allman Brothers Band in 1969. The band went on to become the leading Southern Rock band of the 1970s despite the death of Duane, and later bass player Berry Oakley. Even as they were reeling from […]
R.I.P. Jimmy LaFave
Acclaimed Austin-based singer-songwriter Jimmy LaFave has passed away just days after appearing an emotional farewell performance. Known for his “Red Dirt Music”, the 61-year-old musician had been recording his heart-felt brand of Americana music since 1979.
R.I.P. Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell, vocalist for Soundgarden and Audioslave has died at the age of 52. Details are sketchy at the moment, and no cause of death has been revealed, other than it was “sudden and unexpected”. Cornell had just performed with Soundgarden at Detroit’s Fox Theatre that night. Their final song was, according to setlist.fm, Slaves […]
R.I.P. Allan Holdsworth
English prog-rock guitarist Allan Holdsworth has died at the age of 70. Holdsworth was a mainstay of the UK prog-rock scene of the 1970s playing with Gong, UK, Jon Luc-Ponty and Soft Machine, among others.
R.I.P. J Geils
Guitarist J Geils, of Boston’s J Geils Band, has died at the age of 71. The hard-rocking blues and r&b band was one of the most consistently entertaining live acts of the 1970s.
R.I.P. Chuck Berry
Rock & roll legend Chuck Berry has died, age 90. Berry virtually invented rock & roll guitar playing influencing a generation of musicians including Keith Richards, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Bruce Springsteen and just about anyone else you can think of.
R.I.P. James Cotton
Bluesman James Cotton has died, age 81. Cotton’s harmonica playing was a key element to the Chess blues sound. Mr Cotton appeared on recordings with Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf along with his own titles. He formed the James Cotton Blues Band in 1966 and has been blowin’ ever since.
R.I.P. Clyde Stubblefield (The Funky Drummer)
We are sad to report the death of Clyde Stubblefield known also as The Funky Drummer, for his work with the James Brown Band in the late 1960s/early 70s. Clyde passed away at age 73 due to kidney failure. His playing on the 1970 James Brown track, Funky Drummer, is one of the most sampled […]
R.I.P. Al Jarreau
Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Al Jarreau has died, aged 76. The singer had just announced his retirement from tour citing exhaustion. His most popular album was 1981’s Breakin’ Away. Click here to read more about Al Jarreau.
R.I.P. John Wetton
A member of King Crimson, UK and Asia, vocalist and bassist John Wetton has passed away at the age of 67. Wetton was forced to bow out of the latest Asia tour due to his treatment for colon cancer. John Wetton was a member of King Crimson from 1972-1974 contributing to Larks’ Tongues In Aspic, […]